Afternoon Paper Folds After 79 Years In Rochester

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June 28, 1997

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Rochester joined the ranks of America's one-newspaper towns with Friday's closing of the Times-Union, its afternoon daily for 79 years. ''T-U to You - Thanks for the Memories,'' read the front-page headline. The Times-Union is vanishing in a merger with its sister morning paper, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.